TV Dilemmas (2)

Ended up watching Long Way Round ‘live’. I’ve really come to like this repeated series. At first I was somewhat sceptical, feeling that such a high profile film star could go thrugh true adventure and danger a la Ted Simon. But the pictures don’t lie, and last night’s episode showed our two heroes and their support team in some hard and arduous scrrapes.

Then I watched the Spooks spin-off (recorded). Had the production values of the original although there was something about some of the chase scenes that looked wrong. Don’t know whether it was the youthful cast or the futuristic setting, but it somehow lacked that feeling of seriousness and danger, despite quite a high death count. Overall a bit like Threads meets the Double Deckers.

So, might have a look at Britain From The Air on iPlayer tonight.